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UN Convention to Combat Desertification: COP 14
The 14th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) ended on 13th September 2019. Held...
14 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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13 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in the news? India is holding the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP14) to the United Nations Convention to combat...
13 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Big Picture- Rising Oceans, Sinking Cities
Oceans act as a sponge for the ill effects of climate change. They absorb the heat and CO2 generated by greenhouse gas emissions. However, the same...
12 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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National Conference on Crop Residue Management
Recently, National Conference on Crop Residue Management was held for the farmers from the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh &...
10 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat
Recently, an international conference on Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat (ANGAN ) commenced in New Delhi. The conference focuses...
10 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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According to the Centre for Science & Environment (CSE), the three-year average levels of PM 2.5 atmospheric particulate matter (with a diameter...
07 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Recently, the Government has identified 130 wetlands for priority restoration in the next five years and asked states to submit their respective...
07 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Union government in a bid to free India of single-use plastics by 2022, has laid out a multi-ministerial plan to discourage the use of single-use...
05 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Global Tiger Forum (GTF), in partnership with the Governments of Bhutan, India and Nepal, and along with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is...
04 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Environmental Conservation with Grassroot Governance
The article is based on A Bottom-Up Approach to Conservation that was published in The Hindu on 26 August. It talks about the interweaving relation...
02 Sep 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Recently, a study done by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune has revealed that, during El Nino years, pollutants from south Asian...
29 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Study to Check Antibiotic Resistance in Ganga
The government has commissioned a study to assess the microbial diversity across the entire 2,500 km stretch of river Ganga, and test for the...
29 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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India is facing a severe problem of land degradation ie. soil becoming unfit for cultivation. About 29% or about 96.4 million hectares are considered...
28 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Clouded Leopards and Their Habitats
Recently a study conducted in nine countries (Bhutan, Nepal, India, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar) suggested that...
26 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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According to the data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the Amazon Forests in Brazil has experienced 74,155 fires since...
23 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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According to the World Bank Report - Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis, heavily polluted water is reducing economic growth by up to a third...
22 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The study of fossils from Kutch in Gujarat has revealed that the hot arid desert of Kutch was once a humid subtropical forest. Findings of Study:...
22 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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India - Largest Emitter of Sulphur Dioxide
According to a report by Greenpeace (an environmental Non-Governmental Organization), India is the largest emitter of Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in the...
20 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Discovery India and World Wide Fund (WWF) India have partnered with the Government of West Bengal and local communities in the Sundarban to help save...
19 Aug 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
